Spangler, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Searles Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Spangler Hills East quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Spangler Hills East quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Ridgecrest quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Spangler between 1992 and 2005, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | FALLROAD |
| 8 May 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | RAILROAD |
| 23 May 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | California Desert District | CANYON |
| 10 May 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | MORENO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spangler: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spangler | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Spangler Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spangler in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Spangler | $2,000 | Mud and debris washed over Highway 178 between Randsburg Wash Road and Trona Road. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Spangler | $2,000 | Water and mud covered Trona Road near Searles Station Road. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Spangler | $1,000 | A landspout tornado entered San Bernardino County from Kern County and tracked roughly a half mile northeast before dissipating in open desert. One truck was damaged, and one window was broken out of a home. |
| February 2014 | Flash Flood | Spangler | $1,000 | Flash flooding covered Randsburg Wash Road just east of Trona Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skytop | 10.8 miles | 23 | |
| Westend | 11.3 miles | 23 | |
| South Trona | 11.9 miles | 23 | |
| Borosolvay | 13.1 miles | 23 | |
| Argus | 14.0 miles | 23 | |
| Searles Valley | 15.3 miles | 24 | |
| Trona | 15.3 miles | 24 | |
| Red Mountain | 15.8 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252985. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









